On December 7th, the results of the "Finance China 2025 Annual Conference and the 23rd Annual Financial and Economic Figures Awards" were officially announced. Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank (hereinafter referred to as "Chouzhou Bank") won two awards for its outstanding innovation in cross-border financial services and solid social responsibility practices: "Borderless Cross-border Intelligent Global Integration" and "Building a New Paradigm of 'Finance+' Responsible Banking with 'Value Co-creation'," respectively. These awards demonstrate its comprehensive development pattern, combining both "hard power" and "soft responsibility."
This year's Financial Awards, co-hosted by Lianban Group and Hexun, and organized by Finance China Association, was themed "Finding a Way Out for China's Economic Challenges." Employing a dual evaluation mechanism of "online voting + expert review," the awards released a list of benchmark financial institutions leading the financial industry towards positive and ethical development. Chouzhou Bank stood out from numerous participating institutions, winning two awards, demonstrating its comprehensive strength and industry-leading position in business innovation and social responsibility.
Connecting the world with "borderless services"
Behind the "Leading Bank in Cross-border Finance" award lies the solid foundation of Chouzhou Bank's deep integration into the nation's opening-up strategy and its forging of top-tier service capabilities in the industry. As a bank that has grown from Yiwu, a global trade hub, its cross-border financial services have long since transcended geographical boundaries, evolving into a "financial artery" connecting China and the world.
According to statistics, as of November 2025, the cumulative international settlement volume exceeded US$110 billion, and the number of SWIFT payment messages received ranked among the top in the country. It has established a cooperative network with nearly a thousand banks in more than 120 countries and regions around the world, and directly clears 22 currencies. Its brand influence extends to key trade regions along the "Belt and Road" and in Africa and Southeast Asia. This is not only a leader in scale, but also a leader in network and efficiency.
From pioneering the "Chouzhou Solution" for market procurement trade foreign exchange services, which was promoted nationwide by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, to being the first to obtain the qualification to handle foreign exchange settlement for cross-border e-commerce based on electronic transaction information; from opening up direct clearing channels for six African currencies, including the Nigerian Naira, South African Rand, and Kenyan Shilling, to achieving "instant remittance"; to creating the "Cross-border Financial Digital Risk Control Eagle Eye" system, bringing risk control from the "manual" to the "digital" era... Chouzhou Bank has always focused on solving customer pain points, redefining the efficiency, cost, and security standards of cross-border financial services with a series of industry-first or leading solutions, truly becoming the most trustworthy partner for small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises "going global".
Practicing good deeds through "value co-creation"
Complementing the "hardcore" nature of its cross-border finance is the "soft" warmth and systematic innovation demonstrated by Chouzhou Bank in fulfilling its social responsibilities. The "Pioneer Bank for Social Responsibility" award is the best recognition of its "finance for good" philosophy and practice.
The bank has integrated social responsibility into its DNA, from establishing 627 rural financial service stations to bridge the "last mile" of financial inclusion, to innovating the "Chouzhou Bank High Shopping Festival" to revitalize the local consumer market; from donating 40 million yuan to a charitable fund for judicial assistance and elderly care, to donating 200 million yuan to establish a common prosperity development fund, launching the "Spring Rain Project" to donate sports facilities to schools in mountainous areas, and even innovatively partnering with Tencent Charity to carry out the "Dream Realization Scholarship" project, using a "1:1 matching donation" model to encourage 2,400 members of the public to participate in charitable donations... Chouzhou Bank's public welfare actions are closely centered on major national and social issues such as rural revitalization, common prosperity, and people's livelihood.
Its responsible practices extend beyond donations, encompassing the construction of a sustainable ecosystem for "value co-creation." By creating the "Little C" IP to drive traffic to customer "store visits," hosting public welfare live streams to support farmers, and producing documentaries on intangible cultural heritage, the bank skillfully leverages its financial and brand resources to empower micro and small enterprises, promote local culture, and transform social responsibility into a driving force for growth alongside customers, communities, and society. This has led to the exploration of a distinctive new path for fulfilling social responsibility through "finance+".
Dual-engine drive charts a new blueprint for high-quality development
This dual recognition on the Financial and Economic Figures List signifies that Chouzhou Bank's model of synergistic development of "commercial value" and "social value" has been fully validated and highly affirmed by the market. On one hand, it provides cross-border financial services driven by technology and innovation, contributing to China's high-level opening-up; on the other hand, it engages in social responsibility practices guided by warmth and compassion, contributing to social harmony and common prosperity. These two engines together form the solid foundation for Chouzhou Bank's high-quality development.
Looking to the future, Chouzhou Bank stated that it will continue to uphold its original mission of "serving the local economy, serving micro and small enterprises, and serving urban and rural residents." Taking this award as a new starting point, it will continue to deepen financial reform and innovation, deeply integrate its leading position with its pioneering responsibility, inject stronger financial momentum into the development of the real economy, contribute warmer financial power to the improvement of people's livelihood, and draw a new chapter of more responsible and sustainable future development.
